Sidehill-plow.



PATENTED FEB. 24, 1903.. L. DAVIS. SIDEHILL PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONADUS ALEXANDER DAVIS, OF SLOANS, GEORGIA.

SlDEl-HLL-PLOW.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,545, dated February 24, 1903.

Application filed $eptember 16, 1902. Serial No. 123,638. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LEoNADUs ALEXANDER DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sloans, in the county ofHalland State of Georgia, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Sidehill-Plows'; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will 7 enable others skilled in the artto which-it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sidehill-plows; and it consists in means whereby the beam to which the My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference markedthereon, ,form a part of this application, and in whichdrawingsv Figure 1 is a perspective View ofmy improved sidehill-plow. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through the beam, showing the swivel connection between the two parts of the beam; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

, secured theretoby any suitable means. These- Reference now b'einghad to the details of end of the section A is fastened a metallic plate B, which is centrally apertured to register with a hole in the end ofthe section to which it is attached, and said plate is proby the provision of my improved plows convided with diametrically oppositenotches O, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. Projecting at right angles from one face of said plate B are flanges or braces D, which may be either cast integralwith the plate or flanges are adapted to be fastened to the beam by means of bolts or other snitable'means. To one end of the section A is fastened a metallic disk or plate E, whichis centrally apertured and is fastened to the section A by means of-the angle-braces E, which may be integral with or fastened to the plate E, and F designates handles which are bolted or otherwise secured in a substantial manner to the beam. Said section A has a longitu-- dinal and centrally-disposed aperture a,which is in registration with the aperture in the plate E, fastened to the end of said section, and passing throughysaid apertures in the section A and plates B and E is a bolt or swivelpin H, which has anut H on itsinner threaded end, which nut cooperates with the nut K on the opposite end of the bolt or pin to hold the sections of the beam in swiveled re lation to each other. r

'Pivoted to one of the handles F at M is a lever M, which is bent, as shown, below its pivotal portion, and brazed or otherwise fastened to a flexible bar L, which latter rests upon the upper face of section A. of said lever and bar which are fastened together are designed to engage registering recesses or notches in the plates B and E to hold the plowcarrying section A from rotation.

Theends' Whenit is desired to rotate the section A, the

operator throws the-handle end of .the lever N rearward, and the forward ends of thelever and bar Lwill rise out of said recesses in the plates B and E,'a-nd in so doing bar L will have a sliding movement on the upper face of I the section A.

The plows are designated in the drawings by letters'N and N and are pivoted together at R by meansof a pin carried by the beam. Suitable braces O areprovided, which are fastened at'their rear ends to the beam at inclinations thereto, .'while their forward endscarry bolts R, on which the shank portions N of the plows are pivoted, whereby the sam may be heldin adjusted positions.

From the foregoing it will be observed that of the handle connected to thefiexiblebar the rotatable part of the beam may be. easily and quickly turned in order to adapt the im plement for use in plowing back and forth upon a sidehill. 'When the notches in the two plates are brought into registration, said rco flexible bar will be thrown into the same and will lock the two sections of the post from rotation.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sidehill-plow comprising two beam-sections swiveled together, apertured plates secured to the contiguous ends of said sections and having recesses at locations diametrically opposite each other, the plows carried by one section, the handles fastened to the other, an operating-lever pivoted to one of said handles and having its lower portion bent upon itself, and held yieldingly against IS the upper face of the rear beam-section and adapted to engage registering recesses in said plates and adapted to normally hold said plates from rotation, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

LEONADUS ALEXANDER DAVIS.

Witnesses:

J. W. BURNSIDE, J. A. BELL,.Jr. 

